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The Evangelist Mark, from a manuscript of the Four Gospels<br />Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161
Full-page illumination of the evangelist Mark, from a book of the Four Gospels containing full-page portraits of the evangelists Mark and John.…
West African loose-leaf copy of the Qur’ān with wrapper and satchel
West African loose-leaf copy of the Qur’ān with leather wrapper and satchel. The script (Barnāwī), decoration, format, writing material, and enclosure…
Late Ottoman copy of the Qur’ān, illuminated opening
Illuminated opening of a late Ottoman copy of the Qur’ān which elsewhere on the margins includes glosses commenting on the variant readings (qirāʼāt).…
Kashmiri copy of the Qur’ān, illuminated opening
Illuminated opening of a copy of the Qur’ān with marginal commentary providing translation in Persian. In manner of calligraphy, illumination, layout,…
Slender copy of the Qur’ān in only 31 folios
Slender copy of the Qur’ān in only 31 folios. After the Fātiḥah, each double-page opening presents an entire juz’ (30th) of the text in 51 lines…
Opening of volume 21 from a 30-volume copy of the Qur’ān
Opening of the text in volume 21 from a 30-volume copy of the Qur’ān with each juz’ (thirtieth) of the text bound in a single volume, perhaps Eastern…
Two volumes from a multi-volume copy of the Qur’ān
2 volumes (21 and 29 respectively) from a 30-volume copy of the Qur’ān with each juz’ (thirtieth) of the text bound in a single volume, perhaps…
Detail, folio from a monumental copy of the Qurʼān
Lines from the verso of a single-folio fragment from a monumental Mamlūk copy of the Qur’ān carrying on the recto Sūrat Ibrāhīm (14) verses 22 through…
Volume of select sūrahs (chapters) from the the Qur’ān, illuminated opening
Slender volume of select sūrahs (chapters) from the Qurʼān, namely Sūrat Yāsīn (36), Sūrat al-Fatḥ (48), Sūrat al-Wāqiʻah (56), Sūrat al-Mulk (67) and…
Miniature copy of the Qurʼān in octagonal format
Miniature copy of the Qurʼān in octagonal format. Now housed in a silver box / case with hinged lid and clasp
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